Manchester Meinoifs, Vol. I. (1906), No. 13. 17 



on the back. The British typical form is in every respect 

 much duller and darker in colour than the Sardinian bird. 

 Hab. Sardinia. 



Parus Cypriotes. 



Parus Cypriotes, Dresser, F.Z.S., 1867, p. 563, id. "Man. Pal. 



Birds," vol. i, p. 165 (1902). 

 Pants ater Cypriotes, Prazdk, MT. Orn. Ver. JVie/i, vol. iS, 



p. 142 (1894); Hartert, "Viig. Pal. Fauna," part 3, p. 359 



(1905)- 

 Parus (Peripari(s) ater Cypriotes, Hellm., t.c, p. 77 (1903). 



Periparus Cypriotes, Bianchi, t.c, p. 244; Sharpe, " Handl. B." 



vol. 4, p. 325 (1903). 



With white spots on the wing-coverts as in P. ater, 

 but with an olive-brown back, deeper in colour than in 

 P. britannicus ; lower neck black, as well as the throat : 

 rest of under-surface of body cream-coloured, the sides 

 and under tail-coverts washed with brownish. 



Hab. Island of Cyprus. 



Parus ledouci. 



Panes ledouci, Malh., Mem. Soc. H. N. Moselle, p. 45 (1842): 



Dresser, "Man. Pal. Birds," vol. i, p. 166 (1902). 

 Parus ater ledouci {M.:i\h.), Prazak, t.c, p. 20 ; Hartert, " Vog. Pal. 



Fauna," part 3, p. 360 (1905). 

 Parus {Periparus) ater ledouci, Hellmayr, "Tierreich, Paridae," 



p. 80 (1903). 

 Periparus ledouci, Bianchi, t.c, p. 244; Sharpe, "Handl. B.," 



vol. 4, p. 324 (1903). 



This species is confined to N.E. Africa, and is easily 

 recognised by its yellow face and breast. 

 • Its home is in Algeria and N. Tunis. 



Parus atlas. 



Parus atlas, Meade-Waldo, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 1901, p. 27; 

 id. Ibis, 1903, p. 207, pi. 6 ; Dresser, "Man. Pal, Birds," 

 vol. I, app. p. 885 (1903). 



